Crime Science: Methods of Forensic Detection - Hardcover

Nickell, Joe; Fischer, John F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813120918 ISBN 13: 9780813120911

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 1998

Synopsis

The O.J. Simpson trial. The Lindbergh kidnapping. The death of Marilyn Monroe. The assassination of the Romanovs. The Atlanta child murders. All controversial cases. All investigated with the latest techniques in forensic science. Nationally respected investigators Joe Nickell and John Fischer explain the science behind the criminal investigations that have captured the nation's attention. Crime Science is the only comprehensive guide to forensics. Without being overly technical or treating scientific techniques superficially, the authors introduce readers to the work of firearms experts, document examiners, fingerprint technicians, medical examiners, and forensic anthropologists. Each topic is treated in a separate chapter, in a clear and understandable style. Nickell and Fisher describe fingerprint classification and autopsies, explain how fibers link victims to their killers, and examine the science underlying DNA profiling and toxicological analysis. From weapons analysis to handwriting samples to shoe and tire impressions, Crime Science outlines the indispensable tools and techniques that investigators use to make sense of a crime scene. Each chapter closes with a study of a well-known case, revealing how the principles of forensic science work in practice.

About this title

From the Publisher

"Beautifully organized and ingeniously supplemented by real-life criminal case-histories at the end of each chapter, the book provides a detailed--yet simplified--review of the major methods and techniques of forensic science and criminalistics. Anyone and everyone interested in either real crime or crime-fiction or both, will want to read and regularly refer to this comprehensive and informative source by experts in the field."--Robert A. Baker

About the Author

Joe Nickell, author of Pen, Ink, and Evidence, Detecting Forgery, and Camera Clues, is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, New York.

John F. Fischer, president of Forensic Research and Supply Corporation, has written for such publications as Law Enforcement Technology, worked for many years as a forensic analyst in a Florida crime laboratory, and has lectured at the FBI Academy.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0813120918
• ISBN 13: 9780813120911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312